When I was nearly twelve years old, my kind mistress sickened and died.Harriet Ann Jacobs
When I was six years old, my mother died; and then, for the first time, I learned, by the talk around me, that I was a slave.Harriet Ann Jacobs
When my babe was born, they said it was premature. It weighed only four pounds; but God let it live.Harriet Ann Jacobs
When they told me my new-born babe was a girl, my heart was heavier than it had ever been before. Slavery is terrible for men; but it is far more terrible for women.Harriet Ann Jacobs